diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 6fc81c8f2..a3129ae15 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -712,11 +712,11 @@ class Coder:
 
         # Check if the file is already in the repo
         if self.repo:
-            tracked_files = set(self.get_tracked_files())
+            tracked_files = set(self.repo.get_tracked_files())
             relative_fname = self.get_rel_fname(full_path)
             if relative_fname not in tracked_files and self.io.confirm_ask(f"Add {path} to git?"):
                 if not self.dry_run:
-                    self.repo.git.add(full_path)
+                    self.repo.repo.git.add(full_path)
 
         if write_content:
             self.io.write_text(full_path, write_content)
diff --git a/tests/test_coder.py b/tests/test_coder.py
index a9ffaeca5..72b247727 100644
--- a/tests/test_coder.py
+++ b/tests/test_coder.py
@@ -22,6 +22,37 @@ class TestCoder(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.patcher.stop()
 
+    def test_allowed_to_edit(self):
+        with GitTemporaryDirectory():
+            repo = git.Repo(Path.cwd())
+            fname = Path("foo.txt")
+            fname.touch()
+            repo.git.add(str(fname))
+            repo.git.commit("-m", "init")
+
+            io = InputOutput(yes=True)
+            # Initialize the Coder object with the mocked IO and mocked repo
+            coder = Coder.create(models.GPT4, None, io, fnames=["foo.txt"])
+
+            self.assertTrue(coder.allowed_to_edit("foo.txt"))
+            self.assertTrue(coder.allowed_to_edit("new.txt"))
+
+    def test_allowed_to_edit_no(self):
+        with GitTemporaryDirectory():
+            repo = git.Repo(Path.cwd())
+            fname = Path("foo.txt")
+            fname.touch()
+            repo.git.add(str(fname))
+            repo.git.commit("-m", "init")
+
+            # say NO
+            io = InputOutput(yes=False)
+
+            coder = Coder.create(models.GPT4, None, io, fnames=["foo.txt"])
+
+            self.assertTrue(coder.allowed_to_edit("foo.txt"))
+            self.assertFalse(coder.allowed_to_edit("new.txt"))
+
     def test_get_last_modified(self):
         # Mock the IO object
         mock_io = MagicMock()